Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

EPP

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

MEP · Finland

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All Speeches

98

Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

1.5h

≈ 90 min

Average speech length

1:41 min

≈ 1.7 min · Rank 90/690

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4

Oct

2023

FI Speech

European green bonds (debate)

Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the Commission for the fact that this proposal on green bonds has been made and it is also particularly important that it is compatible with the taxonomy and then evolved in the same direction with the taxonomy. As far as the level of hope is concerned, of course, we should all have green public and private bonds, and not greenness as a special valu…

2

Oct

2023

FI Speech

Ensuring European transportation works for women (debate)

Mr President, first of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on an excellent report and on raising an important issue. The vast majority of public transport users, whether buses, railways, trams or other services, are women. The vast majority of short-distance walks are undertaken by women and, in fact, the vast majority of cyclists are still women. Most people who use a private car are …

11

Jul

2023

EN Speech

Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

Madam President, Israel has broken its commitments on the United Nations. It has broken the international law, it has committed a severe long-term occupation and it has committed close to war crimes. And all this is fact, and it is stated by the United Nations authorities. So this is not a matter of opinion. What do you think it would look like if we would act in the same way with Ukraine and Russ…

11

Jul

2023

EN Question

Nature restoration (debate)

... We all know that if we do not act both on the climate change, and especially on biodiversity, the cost is going to be at least tenfold to our economies and farmers. I am just asking: who should compensate and out of which money we are going to compensate the nature destruction?…

11

May

2023

EN Speech

Prohibiting chick and duckling killing in EU law (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, European Union treaties state that animals are ‘sentient beings’ and the duty of the European Union is to look after their welfare and to protect them. This obligation and the acknowledgment of ‘sentient beings’ are the guidelines we should have and bear in mind when we are treating animals as production animals for food products. We know that billions of male chicke…

11

May

2023

EN Speech

Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

Mr President, saving the planet is not an easy task. We Scandinavians complain about biodiversity, saving our forests and using them sustainably. Farmers complain about changing our common agricultural policy to be biodiversity friendly and toxic-free. Now with the oceans it is the same complaint. But dear Commissioner, please do not stop trying to prevent our self-destructive behaviour. Because i…

11

May

2023

FI Speech

European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Finning – Stop the trade" (debate)

Mr President, thank you to Commissioner Sinkevičius for building the trust of European citizens in the institutions of the Commission and the European Union. For 20 years, we have been debating the need to stop removing fins from sharks. This is fully in line with the practice of using rhino horns or ivory separately for the market. Smuggling, contraband and, in this case, verbal greenwashing or c…

9

May

2023

FI Speech

Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Mr President, firstly, international agreements are binding, no matter what you think of them personally, and women are human beings. They include human rights, as well as sexual and reproductive health rights. The Beijing Convention and the Istanbul Convention are binding international law. Nor can you, because you disagree with driving on the right or left, break traffic rules yourself and say t…

9

May

2023

FI Speech

Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)

Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the Commission for a reasonably good and balanced proposal for the revision of the Stability and Growth Pact. It responds to key challenges such as increasing country-specificity. It is reasonably realistic in time. There is room for hope that, in return for these two, we could actually look at the debt and deficit ceilings more bindingly than the c…

30

Mar

2023

EN Speech

Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, pay discrimination is not allowed in our Treaties. It is denied by the Equal Pay Directive. Somehow, after tens of years of existence in the EU, we still lack both in the equal pay for equal work, not to mention equal value. The 30 % on salaries on women – this is not acceptable. What you do not know, you cannot act upon. This is the reason why this pay transparency directive is so i…

13

Dec

2022

EN Speech

Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine (debate)

Mr President, of course we all want peace for the Middle East, and we want to have a two—state solution – or even one—state solution, as was discussed at some point. But then again, what is the real situation and what do we do as a Union? While Israel does not respect the UN resolution and internationally—committed borders, while Israel is expanding illegal settlements and barely having any room l…

12

Dec

2022

FI Speech

Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, people with disabilities are people. That is why they also have human rights. Human rights are part of the rule of law, which the Commission is responsible for defending. I therefore hope that, in this respect, the Commission will also step up and test its limits of action vis-à-vis the Council, which has, among other things, lagged behind the ambitious level of…

6

Jul

2022

EN Speech

Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, the European Investment Bank has a pretty good track record for the last years and commitment, willingness and capability, including in environmental matters and considerations on its worth. For that, I would like you to continue, to raise the bar, with the ambition – you have Parliament’s support on that – to stay tight that none of the Bank’s funds should go to ‘significant har…

5

Jul

2022

EN Speech

Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Mr President, I’m very saddened to see the Commission take the role of being just a stepping stone for Council and Member States in this case. And this is not promising for the taxonomy and its future. What was negotiated in the first round and first level of regulation was that this was supposed to be the gold standard of what is green and to create a reliable, verifiable framework. That’s why it…

5

Jul

2022

EN Speech

Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

I have a very brief question. If we look at the EPAs and the scientific community, they are very clear that 40% of the land and water area should be in a favourable state to support our ecosystems. If we look at that, what are your plans to proceed with this rewilding target in biodiversity of about 20%? Because there seems to be one half missing. This leads to a second question. How are you going…

5

Jul

2022

EN Speech

Common European action on care (debate)

Mr President, thank you for the debate and thank you to the Commissioner for the preparation about an EU care strategy. We just would like to encourage you to raise the ambition level, with this Parliament’s support – which you can hear very strongly – and as I said, to take the informal carers’ situation into account. Commissioner Šuica, you quite rightly said that at the Conference on the Future…

5

Jul

2022

FI Speech

Common European action on care (debate)

Mr President, this is the first comprehensive care report from the European Parliament, and so it is quite groundbreaking. After COVID-19, it became quite clear, in the same way as in the health sector, that the individual resources of the Member States are too weak to care for our citizens. The level of care was very low in many Member States, especially for the elderly and institutional care. Th…

10

Mar

2022

EN Speech

A systematic EU approach to chronic kidney disease (debate)

Mr President, I’m very happy that we are having this very frank and good exchange of opinions here in Parliament on kidney disease, like we have had on other diseases, where you have taken very prompt action. We know that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant burden for our healthcare system. One hundred million Europeans suffer from it, and predictions are that it is in sharp extension an…

10

Mar

2022

EN Speech

The need for an ambitious EU Strategy for sustainable textiles (debate)

Madam President, textiles are growing environmental harm, as we have heard many times already today here in the plenary, and it is up to buildings and food on the scale of circular economy and resource efficiency of the material consumption what we have globally. It is championing to be the first or the second in chemicalisation, in water consumption, in waste problems and in CO2 emissions. Should…

8

Mar

2022

EN Speech

EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)

Mr President, this is the third action plan in a row that started 10 years ago to put gender in the limelight in our development and foreign policy. And I need to admit that I need to congratulate the Commission and the Commissioner for the extremely ambitious and fast implementation of these targets. This is so far the best programme, and the idea is that – as we heard – that over 80% of the acti…

7

Mar

2022

FI Speech

Citizenship and residence by investment schemes (debate)

Mr President, it is good to hear that the Commission has a good will to stop golden passports and visas and the unjustified sale of EU citizenship, but now we also need deeds and effective deeds. Firstly, I would like to ask the Commission: Will you take all necessary measures to freeze during the current sanctions regime all dual citizenship assets held by Russians with golden passports or visas …

20

Oct

2021

EN Speech

The first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland (debate)

Madam President, Member States and the extreme right do not own their citzens, not even women. Women’s rights are human rights, because women are human beings. That’s why sexual and reproductive rights and the right to an abortion are human rights, and human rights are part of the rule of law. This gross and aggravated offence to women’s rights that is happening in Poland, caused by this arbitrary…

19

Oct

2021

EN Speech

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (continuation of debate)

Mr President, the EU stands for constitutional rights, human rights, the rule of law and democracy, which it is built on. This is the basis for peace and prosperity. It is the task of the Commission and Parliament to safeguard this. Prime Minister, your actions are strengthening the rule of law in the EU and our understanding of why it is so important to safeguard these tasks at the EU level. You …

18

Oct

2021

EN Speech

The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (debate)

Mr President, art is at the heart of European values, our civilisation, our ability to understand the world, to create well-being and to innovate and create prosperous economies. That’s why I think that this is the right time to discuss what should be the EU’s role in culture and cultural policies. And yes, I am supportive of the proposals that we should indeed have a stronger role. I would like t…

18

Oct

2021

FI Speech

Employment and social policies of the euro area 2021 (debate)

Mr President, I support a strong social responsibility for every single European citizen and our duty to increase well-being for everyone. A good economic policy is a prerequisite for this, and I dare to say that responsible and good economic policy is in fact the best social policy. We know that debt levels have risen beyond the necessary COVID-19 recovery in all Member States, especially in thos…